“How are you, Honey?” I ask. “I hope my mom hasn’t been keeping you too busy.”
I walk over and give her a hug too. She smells as good as she looks.
“Never,” she says. “If it weren’t for your mom, who knows where I’d be. Nowhere good, that’s for sure.”
She’s forever thanking mom for giving her a chance when no one else would. But I think she’s done a world of good for my mom too, especially in this last year when I’ve been too busy and distracted to help or even visit her as much as I wanted to.
“Well, I’m here to take some of the load off now,” I say.
Axle’s giving me that look he’s been giving me all day. Puzzled is the best way to describe it. I’ve been dropping hints that I want to stay in Pleasantville indefinitely this time, but haven’t come out and said it yet. I will soon.
Honey goes back inside and I turn to my mom. “We just wanted to stop by and say hi. We’ll talk more over dinner, OK?”
Now both Axle and Mom are giving me the same puzzled look, but I just smile at them both, take his hand and lead him back to the bike.
A few short minutes later we’re parked the driveway of his home.
“Ahh, home sweet home,” I say as I dismount and take off my helmet.
He takes my hand and twirls me to face him as I take a step towards the door.
“All right, spill it,” he says. “What’s all this home sweet home stuff you’ve been talking about all day?”
I smile coyly, toying with the idea of stringing him along for just a little longer, but I don’t have the heart to. Not when faced with that stark, innocent, happy expectation in his eyes.
“I think we should just stay here this time,” I say. “Indefinitely.”
His eyes widen as though he can’t believe he heard me right.
“Are you sure?” he asks.
I take his face in my hands and look deeper into his eyes than I ever had. “More sure than I’ve ever been of anything in my life.”
He smiles wide and kisses me, holding me tight. Living in the city with me has been hard for him. Not that he ever complained, but I saw it in his eyes every time we spoke of the future and I could not make any promises. I can now.
“And there’s one more thing,” I say as we pause for breath.
He looks at me questioningly, his face so close that all I see are his warm, soft eyes.
“I think I might be pregnant,” I say and watch that softness in his eyes turn to something else. A look so full of pure love, desire and longing it’s none of those things, but something far deeper. Something akin to the feeling I’ve had since I first suspected I was carrying his child—a feeling of absolute rightness, of all the pieces of the puzzle finally fitting together.
“Yes?” he asks.
“We’ll have to do a test to be sure,” I say, smiling at him. “I wanted us to do that together. But I’m pretty sure, yes.”
“All right, then it’s decided,” he says and sweeps me up into his arms so suddenly and so easily I shriek in surprise as the ground vanishes from beneath my feet.
“What’s decided?” I ask as he starts walking, carrying me to the front door like a bride.
“We’re getting married,” he says.
I laugh. “Oh, is that so? Nice of you to ask me.”
“Is that a yes?” he asks.
I wrap my arms tighter around his neck and give him a long hard kiss on the cheek. “Of course it’s a yes.”
“Great,” he says, stopping in front of the door into the house. “Now get the keys from my right pocket so I can carry you inside like it’s proper.”
I laugh as I reach into his pocket for the keys. “That’s supposed to come after the wedding.”
His look pulls mine as effectively as any rope. “As far as I’m concerned, we’re already married. A ring’s not gonna add much. But it’ll be nice when you’re officially mine too.”
“Good,” he says and grins. “Now unlock the door. I’m carrying two over here.”
I didn’t think it was possible to love him more than I already do, but as he carries me over the threshold, I do.
We took a long and winding detour, but we’ve finally arrived where we were always meant to be. In each other’s loving arms. Home.
THE END
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Contents
1. Mia
2. Axle
3. Mia
4. Axle
5. Mia
6. Mia
7. Axle
9. Axle
10. Mia
11. Axle
12. Mia
13. Axle
14. Mia
15. Axle
16. Mia
17. Axle
18. Mia
19. Mia
20. Axle
21. Axle
22. Mia
23. Axle
24. Axle
25. Mia
26. Axle
27. Axle
28. Mia
29. Axle
30. Mia
Epilogue
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